The only case with hard drives where the USB standard matters much is if you connect a drive to an old-style, low-bandwidth USB 2.0 port, which is better reserved for items like keyboards and mice.

Luckily, external ... 18 TB in capacity, and we picked the 6 TB model for a great value play. This hard drive is designed to work with Mac or PC and connects to devices via an included USB 3.0 ...

And, of course, you should always have an external ... with 1TB drives costing around $100/£150, whereas that same amount of money can get you a 4TB basic desktop hard drive with a USB interface ...